- budget - budget deficit - budget resolution - budget surplus - Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - entitlement - Federal Reserve Board(“The Fed”) - fiscal policy - fiscal year (FY) - Gramm-Rudman Balanced Budget Act - Keynesianism - monetarism - monetary policy - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Reaganomics - secretary of the treasury - Sixteenth Amendment -supply-side theory - tariff - uncontrollable spending
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) - assistance program - client politics - earned income cash credit - income strategy - majoritarian politics - means test - Medicare Act of 1965 - Social Security Act of 1935 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Cold War - containment - cost overruns - domino theory - gold plating - human rights - intelligence oversight -iron curtain -isolationism - Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Staff - military-industrial complex - National Security Act - National Security Council - “rallying round the flag” - War Powers Act (1973)
- acid rain - Clean Air Act - Earth Day - environmental impact statement - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - offsets - pollution allowances or banks - scrubber - Water Quality Improvement Act
Review Question Directions: As you read the text, please answer the following questions using detailed/succinct responses. Chapter 15: Policy-Making Process 1. Explain how certain issues at certain times are placed on the political agenda for action. 2. Define the terms “costs,” “benefits,” and “perceived” as used in this chapter. 3. Explain the following types of politics: majoritarian, client, interest group, and entrepreneurial, giving examples of each. 4. Discuss the roles played in the process of public policy formation by people’s perceptions, beliefs, interests, and values. Chapter 16: Economic Policy 5. Show how voters have contradictory attitudes regarding their own and others’ economic circumstances. 6. List and briefly explain four competing economic theories. Assess the nature and impact of Reaganomics. 7. List the four major executive branch agencies involved in setting economic policy and explain the role of each. 8. Discuss how the September 11th attacks, as well as the subsequent economic developments and government actions, have changed economic policy debates. Chapter 17: Social Welfare 9. Describe the goals of the social welfare system, and contrast its programs with those of the British in terms of centralization. 10. Describe the major elements of the system, including the Social Security Act of 1935, the Medicare Act of 1965, and the abolition of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. 11. Explain why some welfare policies involve majoritarian politics, while others involve client politics. Give examples and indicate the political consequences of each. 12. Discuss the politics of welfare reform. Chapter 20: Foreign & Military Policy 13. List the constitutional powers of the president and compare them with the authority of Congress in foreign affairs. Explain why the president now has a larger role than the Framers necessarily intended. 14. Explain why checks on the powers of the national government in foreign affairs are primarily political rather than constitutional. 15. Give reasons for the volatility of public opinion on foreign affairs. Describe the problems that the president may face, using public opinion on the Vietnam War as an example. 16. Analyze the key allocative decisions about the defense budget. Explain how the congressional role in deciding on weapons systems has changed in recent years. 17. Explain why the cost overrun problem is due to bureaucratic and political factors, and describe proposed reforms of the system. Chapter 21: Environmental Policy 18. List three reasons why environmental policy tends to be so controversial and provide examples of each. 19. Describe the role of (a) the United States political system and (b) local politics in shaping environmental policy. 20. Describe the role of entrepreneurial politics in the government’s response to global warming. 21. Describe the role of majoritarian politics in the government’s efforts to reduce automobile emissions. Explain why majoritarian politics has worked in some cases and not others. 22. Describe the role of interest group politics in the government’s efforts to resolve the acid rain controversy. 23. Describe the role of client politics in the government’s efforts to regulate the use of agricultural pesticides and logging in U.S. forests.
Work on Unit Public Policy Project/Presentation & Read Chapters 15, 16, 17, 20, and 21
Read Pages 458-463
No School à Last Day of Spring Break/Easter
Vacation
Read Pages 464-468
Read Pages 469-473
Quiz on Economic Policy (Chapter 16)
Current Event: Economic Policy
Public Policy Presentations
Read Pages 565-571
Public Policy Presentations
Public Policy Presentations
Tentative Exam Review
Unit Six Exam
(Questions will be from the textbook, class notes, and group projects)
Vocabulary & Review Questions
Vocabulary Directions: Define the following vocabulary and answer the chapter questions on another piece of paper.
- client politics
- deregulation
- entrepreneurial politics
- interest group politics
- logrolling
- majoritarian politics
- policy entrepreneurs
- political agenda
- pork barrel projects
- process regulation
- budget deficit
- budget resolution
- budget surplus
- Congressional Budget Act of 1974
- entitlement
- Federal Reserve Board (“The Fed”)
- fiscal policy
- fiscal year (FY)
- Gramm-Rudman Balanced Budget Act
- Keynesianism
- monetarism
- monetary policy
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Reaganomics
- secretary of the treasury
- Sixteenth Amendment
-supply-side theory
- tariff
- uncontrollable spending
- assistance program
- client politics
- earned income cash credit
- income strategy
- majoritarian politics
- means test
- Medicare Act of 1965
- Social Security Act of 1935
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- containment
- cost overruns
- domino theory
- gold plating
- human rights
- intelligence oversight
-iron curtain
-isolationism
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Staff
- military-industrial complex
- National Security Act
- National Security Council
- “rallying round the flag”
- War Powers Act (1973)
- Clean Air Act
- Earth Day
- environmental impact statement
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- offsets
- pollution allowances or banks
- scrubber
- Water Quality Improvement Act
Review Question Directions: As you read the text, please answer the following questions using detailed/succinct responses.
Chapter 15: Policy-Making Process
1. Explain how certain issues at certain times are placed on the political agenda for action.
2. Define the terms “costs,” “benefits,” and “perceived” as used in this chapter.
3. Explain the following types of politics: majoritarian, client, interest group, and entrepreneurial, giving examples of each.
4. Discuss the roles played in the process of public policy formation by people’s perceptions, beliefs, interests, and values.
Chapter 16: Economic Policy
5. Show how voters have contradictory attitudes regarding their own and others’ economic circumstances.
6. List and briefly explain four competing economic theories. Assess the nature and impact of Reaganomics.
7. List the four major executive branch agencies involved in setting economic policy and explain the role of each.
8. Discuss how the September 11th attacks, as well as the subsequent economic developments and government actions, have changed economic policy debates.
Chapter 17: Social Welfare
9. Describe the goals of the social welfare system, and contrast its programs with those of the British in terms of centralization.
10. Describe the major elements of the system, including the Social Security Act of 1935, the Medicare Act of 1965, and the abolition of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program.
11. Explain why some welfare policies involve majoritarian politics, while others involve client politics. Give examples and indicate the political consequences of each.
12. Discuss the politics of welfare reform.
Chapter 20: Foreign & Military Policy
13. List the constitutional powers of the president and compare them with the authority of Congress in foreign affairs. Explain why the president now has a larger role than the Framers necessarily intended.
14. Explain why checks on the powers of the national government in foreign affairs are primarily political rather than constitutional.
15. Give reasons for the volatility of public opinion on foreign affairs. Describe the problems that the president may face, using public opinion on the Vietnam War as an example.
16. Analyze the key allocative decisions about the defense budget. Explain how the congressional role in deciding on weapons systems has changed in recent years.
17. Explain why the cost overrun problem is due to bureaucratic and political factors, and describe proposed reforms of the system.
Chapter 21: Environmental Policy
18. List three reasons why environmental policy tends to be so controversial and provide examples of each.
19. Describe the role of (a) the United States political system and (b) local politics in shaping environmental policy.
20. Describe the role of entrepreneurial politics in the government’s response to global warming.
21. Describe the role of majoritarian politics in the government’s efforts to reduce automobile emissions. Explain why majoritarian politics has worked in some cases and not others.
22. Describe the role of interest group politics in the government’s efforts to resolve the acid rain controversy.
23. Describe the role of client politics in the government’s efforts to regulate the use of agricultural pesticides and logging in U.S. forests.